Design
The PLAY Button Is Not Optical Alignment
Surely The Play Button can't be centre aligned because of it's triangular shape?
Selection areas are usually rectangles, meaning centre aligning a triangular shape isn't as simple as you would first think.
Thoughts on the Nintendo Switch User Interface – freeCodeCamp
Nintendo’s newest console is in the golden era of its UI.
"I’ve heard a lot of people say they long for more from the Switch’s UI, but I love the bare bones simplicity."
Different Languages: How Cultures Around The World Draw Shapes Differently
An interesting read about something as simple as a circle.
And how looking at how someone draws a circle can clue you in to that person's geography and cultural upbringing.
Learn
Shortcuts, Hotkeys, and Gestures: 5 Ways to Become a Design Ferrari in Sketch
Experience the power of shortcuts.
"When you use an application every day you start to crave efficiencies — tiny little things you can do to make your job faster and easier."
Nobody Tells This To Beginners
A quote from Ira Glass.
A few years old now, but always and forever relevant.
Tools
Sketch vs. Photoshop: The 5 Things Sketch Can Do That Photoshop Can’t
You’re likely aware of the mass exodus of Photoshop users switching to Sketch.
So what makes Sketch the tool for designing digital products? Photoshop simply wasn’t built for product design.